St. Vincent Maps Out U.S. Tour

Prepare for guitar shredding...and flutes.

In a recent interview, St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) told us her new album, Actor (out on 4AD May 5), was partly inspired by swelling Disney cartoon soundtracks. And there's definitely a little Snow White thing going on with new track "The Strangers"-- it's dreamy, lush and sorta unsettling. Clark may be tiny, but her ideas and arrangements are anything but. It'll be interesting to see if she can translate the new album's grand sweep onto the live stage when she goes on a coast-to-coast U.S. tour this spring.

But first, she'll debut some Actor tracks at Austin's acoustically remarkable Central Presbyterian Church on March 18 as part of this year's SXSW. And super fans can currently pre-order the new record in CD or vinyl form-- act now and get a limited edition 7" with album track "Actor Out of Work" and B-side "Bicycle". While supplies last and stuff!